2014
Evaluation of the sensitivity of the novel α4β2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptor PET radioligand 18F‐(‐)‐NCFHEB to increases in synaptic acetylcholine levels in rhesus monkeys
Gallezot J, Esterlis I, Bois F, Zheng M, Lin S, Kloczynski T, Krystal JH, Huang Y, Sabri O, Carson RE, Cosgrove KP. Evaluation of the sensitivity of the novel α4β2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptor PET radioligand 18F‐(‐)‐NCFHEB to increases in synaptic acetylcholine levels in rhesus monkeys. Synapse 2014, 68: 556-564. PMID: 25043426, PMCID: PMC4224280, DOI: 10.1002/syn.21767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic acetylcholine concentrationPositron emission tomographyAcetylcholine concentrationRhesus monkeysInfusion of physostigmineSynaptic acetylcholine levelsDose-dependent reductionNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsAcetylcholine levelsBolus injectionAcetylcholine receptorsAcetylcholine dynamicsNew radioligandEmission tomographyArterial input functionAcetylcholinesterase inhibitorsRadioligandThalamusPhysostigmineDonepezilΑ4β2Promising tracerBaselineMonkeysShort scan durationAltered global brain signal in schizophrenia
Yang GJ, Murray JD, Repovs G, Cole MW, Savic A, Glasser MF, Pittenger C, Krystal JH, Wang XJ, Pearlson GD, Glahn DC, Anticevic A. Altered global brain signal in schizophrenia. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 7438-7443. PMID: 24799682, PMCID: PMC4034208, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1405289111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlobal brain signalBrain dysfunctionHealthy subjectsBipolar patientsCortical powerBipolar disorderNeuropsychiatric conditionsFunctional MRIPatient samplesBrain connectivitySchizophreniaComplex neurobiologyDiagnostic specificityPatientsBrain signalsAlterationsDysfunctionSymptomsFindingsBaselineBrainMRI
2012
Impaired Visual Cortical Plasticity in Schizophrenia
Çavuş I, Reinhart RM, Roach BJ, Gueorguieva R, Teyler TJ, Clapp WC, Ford JM, Krystal JH, Mathalon DH. Impaired Visual Cortical Plasticity in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 2012, 71: 512-520. PMID: 22364738, PMCID: PMC3292767, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.01.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-frequency stimulationVisual cortical plasticityCortical plasticityVisual steady-state responseN-methyl-D-aspartate receptor functionHealthy control subjectsLong-term potentiation paradigmLong-term potentiationForm of neuroplasticityRepetitive visual stimulationSustained potentiationControl subjectsVEP assessmentSchizophrenia patientsStandard visual stimuliInfrequent target stimuliCore pathophysiologyReceptor functionPotentiationSchizophreniaVisual stimulationComponent scoresStimulationVisual stimuliBaseline
2010
Decreased Beta2*‐nicotinic acetylcholine receptor availability after chronic ethanol exposure in nonhuman primates
Cosgrove KP, Kloczynski T, Bois F, Pittman B, Tamagnan G, Seibyl JP, Krystal JH, Staley JK. Decreased Beta2*‐nicotinic acetylcholine receptor availability after chronic ethanol exposure in nonhuman primates. Synapse 2010, 64: 729-732. PMID: 20340174, PMCID: PMC2904861, DOI: 10.1002/syn.20795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic ethanol consumptionEthanol consumptionAlcohol consumptionNicotinic acetylcholine receptor availabilityAverage daily ethanol consumptionChronic ethanol exposureDaily ethanol consumptionEthanol-induced changesNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsSelf-administer ethanolIA-85380H withdrawalEthanol exposureReceptor availabilityAcetylcholine receptorsParietal cortexMale animalsTotal gramsBaselinePercent decreasePersistent changesWithdrawalMidbrainCortexAnimals